What are your thoughts on adults befriending minors online?

It can definitely be weird but idk. When I was young I made a lot of friends of all ages in fandom spaces etc and idk where I'd be today without my weird older internet friends I had as a youth. I can't personally understand it tho because younger ppl are annoying as FUCK to me now that I'm older. The idea of befriending a teenager online sounds ab......   reply

I dont think it's weird if theres no bad intentions and not trying to intervene each others personal lives and just talk about the things they're on site, like games unless its discord, insta, snap and any apps where personal information can be seen from posts   reply

Ive had 18-20+ yr old friends when I was 16 so I dont rlly think its weird, unless the gap is rlly big. These are mostly from games tho, and u cant rlly tell if someone is a minor or not most of the time. We'd become friends first before asking about each other's age. But if it's in an adult centered community like u said, then yea that's weird   reply

when i was younger my oldest friends found out my age and they honestly just took care of me like a little sister but now as an adult casual convo w a minor feels so?? like even if we do enjoy the same stuff i dont think i could casually text a 15 year old about a shared interest   reply

Gotta protect those innocent adults from those crazy kids nowadays!!   reply

If it's a site like this, then yeah, I'd say it's weird. even though I'm only 20, I really cannot stand kids below 18 on the internet, so I don't know how these people do it.   reply

I've always find it weird, when I was 15 I thought it was weird and today as an adult I think the same. You can't rlly avoid minors online if they rlly wanna talk to you but I think if you go along w it knowing their age and still establish a level ground friendship is weird asf. Also you know those types of parents who say "its better if they try......   1 reply

If we like the same things and have fun together, idc your age. Just don’t be a freak and it’s fine.   reply

I once made a friend online back when I was a child, and she was old.. like 40s. She was from wattpad and we would chat alot about life and things. I don't know it was nice to talk with her... she kept complaining to me about her husband, children, and i guess, her life.. and I was just a dumb 12 year old, trying to bring hope to her.. by kind of l......   1 reply

I'm an avid gamer and I have met a lot of friends online who were teens at the time. Tbh I never felt weird talking to someone just because they were a certain age, you talk to people and you can feel how dum or how mature they can be irrespective of their ages. I met a bunch of friends when I was 26(F) and they were 17 (M) they were 3 people. And ......   reply